KIIS (850 AM) was a commercial

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licensed to

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, United States. It operated from 1971 to 2004. At the time of its sign-off, KIIS was owned by

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and broadcast a

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music format as a

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KIIS-FM KIIS-FM (102.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States, and broadcasts to the Greater Los Angeles area. The station airs a top 40 format. Owned by iHeartMedia, KIIS-FM is the origin of the conglomer ...

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. This was the third AM station to hold the KIIS

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, following the stations at 1150 AM in Los Angeles (1975–1980 and 1984–1997, now

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) and 1220 AM in Santa Clarita (1999–2003, now KHTS). Each outlet simulcast KIIS-FM during its stint as KIIS.

History

The station first signed on September 20, 1971, as KGOE. Originally owned by Conejo Broadcasters Inc., the 500-

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broadcast a

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format. In addition, it carried University of Oklahoma football games as a distant affiliate of the Sooner Radio Network. In December 1973, Conejo Broadcasters sold KGOE to General Broadcasting Co. for $85,466; nighttime operation began the following May. In June 1978, the station was sold to Affiliated Broadcasters for $155,000. In 1984, Affiliated sold KGOE to Comedy Broadcasting Company, owned by Ira Barmak, for $750,000. The new owner changed the station's

to KMDY and adopted a format consisting of

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and comedic albums. In 1992, KMDY adopted the KCTQ call letters, later becoming KAHS as an affiliate of the

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network,

ing KPLS in

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. In April 1997, Buena Ventura Communications sold KAHS to

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for $400,000. (Jacor in turn would be acquired by

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two years later.) When Radio AAHS went off the air in 1998, the station briefly switched to adult standards. Several months later, KAHS changed its call sign to KLYF and began simulcasting the all-sports format of KXTA (Xtra Sports 1150) in

. Under Clear Channel ownership, the station underwent several format changes. KLYF became general talk station KBET in 1999. The following year, the station changed call letters to KACD and picked up the

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format abandoned by KACD-FM (103.1 FM). In 2003, KACD adopted the KIIS calls and started simulcasting

station

. For a brief period, KIIS simulcast

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station KTDD in

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. The Thousand Oaks station returned to simulcasting KIIS-FM in 2004. KIIS signed off February 17, 2004 after the lease on the land of the transmission towers' location expired and could not be renewed. The towers were then demolished and a housing tract was built on the former tower location. New Inspiration Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of

Salem Communications Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM; formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher formerly based in Camarillo, California (moved most operations to Ir ...

, bought the station on November 2, 2004 with the intent to surrender the license to allow

KRLA KRLA (870 kHz) "AM 870 The Answer" is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Glendale, California, it serves Greater Los Angeles and Southern California. The station is owned by Salem Media Group, which also ...

(870 AM) to increase its power; the KIIS license was canceled on March 4, 2005. The frequency is now silent.

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